Supplemental product system and method
View Patent ↗Method, system and computer code for generating and displaying an image of a custom product to a customer who is in the process of ordering a different product. The image is generated automatically without a customer request and incorporates information earlier provided by the customer. When possible, the custom product is presented with design features that are similar to the design features of the different product being ordered. Edit capability is provided to allow the user to make changes to the custom product, if desired.
1. A method for electronically offering a second product to a customer while the customer is in the process of ordering a first product, the method comprising the steps of:
after the customer has supplied an address associated with the customer, generating, via a computer, an image of a second product, the second product being personalized with at least a portion of the address,
displaying, via a computer, an image of the second product to the customer and offering the second product for sale to the customer, and
providing, via a computer, for the customer to indicate whether the customer desires to proceed with the purchase of only the first product or both the second product and the first product.
2. A computer-implemented method for electronically offering additional products to a customer while the customer is in the process of ordering a first product, the method comprising:
for each address supplied by the customer, generating, via a computer, an image of a personalized product, each personalized product being personalized with at least a portion of a different one of the addresses,
displaying, via a computer, an image of each of the personalized products to the customer and offering the personalized products for sale to the customer before the process of ordering the first product has been concluded, and
providing, via a computer, for the customer to indicate whether the customer desires to proceed with the purchase of only the first product or both tile first product and at least one of the personalized products.
3. A computer-implemented method for offering return address labels to a customer while the customer is in the process of ordering other documents, the method comprising the steps of
generating, via a computer, an image of a customized return address label containing at least a portion of the address information provided by the customer in connection with the ordering of the other documents,
displaying, via a computer, the image to the customer and offering the return address labels for purchase by the customer before the process of ordering the other documents has been concluded, and
providing, via a computer, for the customer to indicate whether the customer desires to proceed with the purchase of only the other documents or both the other documents and the return address labels, whereby the customer is provided the opportunity to preview and purchase customized return address labels without additional design effort by the customer.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein the other documents contain at least one design feature and the return address labels include at least one design feature that is similar to the at least one design feature of the other documents.
5. Non-transitory computer readable storage tangibly embodying program instructions which, when executed by a computer, implement a method comprises the steps of:
receiving information associated with a customer who is the process of using a computer operatively connected to the server system to order a first product,
automatically selecting at least a portion of the information,
automatically generating an image of a second product containing at least a portion of the selected information, and
automatically transmitting the image of the second product to the customer's computer and offer the second product to the customer prior to the conclusion of the purchase process for the first product.